Wide Field 2

Managed to get home to West Cork over the weekend, where clear skies awaited. I really wanted to give tracking wide field astrophotography a go on my CG-4 mount.

Camera: Nikon D3100

Lens: 50mm F1.4

ISO: 800

Exposure: 60sec
Mount: CG-4 mount with motor drives

Wide Field 1

We got a nice break in the clouds in West Cork over the weekend and I took this photograph:

Camera: Nikon D3100

Lens: 20mm F2.8

ISO: 1600

Exposure: 15sec

Mount: Manfrotto

The milky way is just visible on the right and the line at the top of the image is most likely a satellite, specifically one called Cosmos 1812 or Cosmos 1500 according to Stellarium